Sports | Registration for Dragon Boat Races starts

The annual event jointly organized by the Sports Bureau (ID), the Macau-China Dragon Boat Association and the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau – Macau International Dragon Boat Races – will take place from June 16 to 18 at Nam Van’s Nautical Center.

The registration period for the local races started last week and will remain open until April 6, as mentioned in a press conference on Tuesday by the organizing committee.

This year’s  competition will have a total of 10 categories, including the Open and Female categories as well as races  between participating public entities and university institutions, where there will be different race distances and varying boat sizes.
At the press conference, ID president Pun Weng Kun said that the bureau would continue to invite foreign teams to participate in this event, hoping that the teams can promote cultural exchange in the field of sports and culture.

Alongside the races and as an annual tradition, there will be several cultural events and parades held, which as Pun mentioned, will help to portray Macau as a world tourism and sports city.

Pun also reminds teams wishing to compete that the deadline to submit the application to the Macau-China Dragon Boat Association’s headquarters is until April 6, at 7p.m., adding that the complete list of all the competitors in the teams should be delivered no later than May 8  at 7 p.m..